Based on a comparison of 174 countries in 2024, Niger ranked the highest in youth dependency ratio with 100% followed by Mali and Chad. On the other end of the scale was Qatar with 12.1%, Portugal with 14.5% and Hong Kong with 14.5%.
Average youth dependency ratio reached 32.4% in 2024 in the World according to the National Statistical Office. This is 0.623 % less than in the previous year and -6.00 % less than 10 years ago.
Historically, average youth dependency ratio reached an all time high of 66.9% in 1966 and an all time low of 26.3% in 2050. The average annual growth amounted to -0.832 % since 1950.
Data for more countries are available at Youth Dependency Ratio indicator page.
| Youth Dependency Ratio | Unit | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Angola | % | 86.7% | 86.5% | 86.2% | 85.8% | 85.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burundi | % | 95.8% | 94.2% | 92.8% | 91.2% | 89.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 97.1% | 96.6% | 96.0% | 94.9% | 93.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo (DRC) | % | 89.9% | 90.3% | 90.5% | 90.7% | 90.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| East Timor | % | 64.9% | 63.2% | 61.6% | 60.0% | 58.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Gambia | % | 78.4% | 77.3% | 76.2% | 74.9% | 73.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Malawi | % | 83.4% | 81.5% | 79.6% | 77.6% | 75.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 96.2% | 95.4% | 94.3% | 93.1% | 92.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 87.5% | 87.2% | 86.9% | 86.5% | 86.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 99.3% | 98.3% | 97.1% | 95.8% | 94.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | % | 81.5% | 80.3% | 79.0% | 77.6% | 76.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | % | 94.1% | 93.6% | 93.3% | 92.9% | 92.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 82.2% | 81.6% | 80.9% | 80.1% | 79.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | % | 89.7% | 87.7% | 85.8% | 84.1% | 82.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 81.6% | 80.4% | 79.0% | 77.6% | 76.2% |
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